Tag: Boston Red Sox

MLB Odds: Red Sox not even favored to win AL East as defending champs originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.comThe Boston Red Sox are the defending World Series champions, but oddsmakers aren't even picking them to win the American League East in 2019.The New York Yankees are the current favorites to win

This summer’s series between the Yankees and Red Sox in London is, technically, a home series for the Red Sox, with the Yankees serving as the visitors. Pete Abraham reports that Major League Baseball is dispensing with the usual sartorial formalities, however, and will have both teams wearing their home

Yankees manager Aaron Boone using Red Sox title as motivation in 2019 originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.comNew York Yankees manager Aaron Boone didn't stop himself from watching his team's top rival, the Boston Red Sox, pop champagne and celebrate their 2018 World Series championship back in October.It was Boston's fourth World Series title

MLB Network's list of top right fielders will fuel Red Sox-Yankees rivalry originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.comBoston Red Sox star Mookie Betts helped his team win a franchise record 108 games and the World Series last season. Oh, by the way, he also was named American League MVP.However, all of that

2019 MLB win totals: Red Sox aren't projected as top team in AL originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.comThe Boston Red Sox won a franchise-record 108 games in 2018, and manager Alex Cora believes they'll have just as much success in 2019.The oddsmakers aren't so sure, however.The sports gambling website BetOnline.ag recently

MLB rumors: Race to sign Manny Machado down to these non-AL East teams originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.comThe Manny Machado sweepstakes finally seem to be heating up, and the latest developments are good for the Boston Red Sox.The race to sign Machado is down to two teams, and the New York

Early odds give Yankees edge over Red Sox in A.L. East in 2019 originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.comThey're the defending World Series champions. They're coming off a 108-win season, tied for the ninth-highest total in MLB history. They're the three-time defending A.L. East champions.And yet the 2019 Boston Red Sox somehow

Red Sox fans give great replies to MLB tweet on Yankees' Manny Machado meeting originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.comThe New York Yankees will meet with third baseman Manny Machado this week, and Major League Baseball's official Twitter account asked fans for their best free-agent pitch. As you might expect, many Red Sox fans,

NEW YORK (AP) -- The World Series champion Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees will open Major League Baseball's first series in Britain with a night game and conclude the next day in the afternoon.MLB said Friday that the June 29 game at London's Olympic Stadium will start

World Series odds: Red Sox among four front-runners for 2019 title originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.comThe Boston Red Sox enter the 2019 season with a massive target on their backs.The Red Sox have kept most of their roster intact this offseason (so far) as they aim to defend their 2018 World Series

The Boston Red Sox have signed starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi to a four-year contract that brings the free agent right-hander back to Boston, the team announced Thursday.Terms of the deal weren't divulged, but multiple reports peg the deal to be worth $68 million. The New York Yankees reportedly were interested

MLB Rumors: Zach Britton, David Robertson could end up with Red Sox originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.comAfter missing out on Edwin Diaz (which is probably for the best) and a deal with Craig Kimbrel becoming more unlikely with each passing day, the Red Sox will once again be in the market for

Red Sox top Yankees again - in generosity with postseason shares originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.comNot only was it a record season for the Red Sox with 108, and counting postseason, 119 victories - the most in their history - they awarded 66 full playoff shares of $416,837.72 each, which are also

Could Yankees reliever David Robertson be option for Red Sox bullpen? originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.comNew York Yankees right hander David Robertson is one of the best relief pitchers on the MLB free-agent market, and it sounds like the list of teams he'd consider signing with is based on geographical reasons.MLB.com's

BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Steven Wright has had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee for an injury that kept him out of the World Series.The team says Dr. Riley Williams operated Monday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Williams also performed a debridement to

As the Boston Red Sox celebrated their convincing World Series championship victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the locker room on Sunday, they also mocked a team that wasn’t even there.Not surprisingly, that team was their bitter full-time rival, the New York Yankees.Watch below as the champagne-soaked Red Sox belt

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Chris Sale's final pitch for this Boston juggernaut triggered a celebration on the Dodger Stadium infield, among thousands of fans who made their way to California - and even outside Fenway Park back home.The quest is complete. Yes, these 2018 Red Sox really are that great.A

BOSTON (AP) -- It took more than a century for these clubs to finally meet again in the Fall Classic.They had plenty of stars, especially during baseball's Golden Era - Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson and The Duke of Flatbush, among them.But a World Series between the Red Sox and Dodgers

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from The Big 50: Boston Red Sox, written by NBC Sports Boston's Evan Drellich and published by Triumph Books earlier this year. Buy it hereHenri Stanley never made the majors, so you shouldn't feel bad if you lack any recollection of his name, which is

Starting pitcher Chris Sale was released from the hospital on Monday after being kept overnight for observation because of a stomach illness, the Boston Red Sox announced.Red Sox ace Sale will re-join the team in Houston on Tuesday and is slated to start against the Astros in game five of the

BOSTON - Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens said he used Boston Red Sox' Brock Holt as an example of sacrifice last week, spotlighting Holt's selflessness to his Celtics players after Holt was held out of the lineup one night after hitting for the cycle during the American League Division Series

And then there were four. With the Boston Red Sox' defeat of their rival New York Yankees in Game 4 of the ALDS on Wednesday, the field is officially set for the American League and National League Championship Series. Unfortunately for the National League, it seems as though the Milwaukee Brewers and

Craig Kimbrel's path to closing out the American League Division Series got off to a dangerous start before he even left the bullpen.With the Boston Red Sox leading the host New York Yankees 4-1 before the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday night, a fan in the stands threw a

Broadcaster and former player Ron Darling has had an interesting few days calling the ALDS for TBS. Referencing the Red Sox getting to Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka in Game 2, he used an old idiom that happens to include a racial slur. Darling apologized for the remark. During Game 3,